Pratibha is the editor of The Literary Nest. Her poems appear in Plath Poetry Project, Ink & Nebula, Foliate Oak, The Lake, miller’s pond poetry, Akitsu Quarterly, Letters to the World: Poems from the Wom-Po Listserv, and other literary magazines.
At This Very Moment
At this very moment
Someone is taking her last breath
I should be thankful I only have
a twisted knot in my heart
and not bullet in my head
or a shrapnel from a bomb blast
I will take another breath and yet another
until the knot becomes
gnarled beyond repair
and the smile on my face
becomes the witch’s crackle
Night Snowfall
night snowfall
a yellow porchlight
kindling hope